Corset-stay.



J. E. ORANDMJL.-

00am STAY. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1913.

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CGRSET-STAY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

?atented Fehfi, 1914.

Application filed Zliiareh 1, 1913'. Serial No. 751,528.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it. known that I, JAY E. CRANDALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherry Valley, in the county of lz innebago and State of Illinois, have invented certain Stays, tion.

This invention relates to corset-stays, such as are used for stiffening means in corset construction. These stittening means or ribs in the corsets are formed of narrow flexible strips of steel, bone, etc, in order that they may readily conform to such shape as desired. A portion of these steels adjacent the top or bust of a corset are narrowed in their cross-sectional thickness at a taper commencing ata point on the body of the steel and gradually diminishing as the tathe. top of the steel thus making this tapered top portion more flexible than the main body portion of the steel in order that the upper bust portion of the corset will be correspondingly more flexible .than the lower portions. The steels are covered with a protective sheathing of paper, cloth or the like. and the ends" of the steels are covered with a rounded tip to protect the steel from wearing the corset, and also to protect the wearer should the steel in any way become disarrangol; but these tips frequently pull off, resulting in the sharp end of the steel Wearing through the corset and becoming dang rous.

The object of this invention is to form a corset-steel in which asimilar tip shall be used to protect the end, but the novel construction of the steel will allow the of which the following is a specificatip to be securely fastened to the steel and the steel will co-aet in retaining the tip in I p ace. I accomplish this object by forming a portion of a steel tapering to one end so that the narrowest portion of the taper. comes at. point within close proximity of the end oi the steel, and atthis point discontinue the taper off the cohverging sides and form the sides diverging to the end of the steel. thus forming an enlarged head atl the end thereof. lhe sides of this head eonerging from the end, form an etlicient hold:

.uri'ece for tip clasped thereon.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view looking at aside of a corset-steel. Fig. 2:is.an edge view of the steel. Fig. 3 illustrates the steel in the form it is placed in a corset. Fig. at is a section on the line H of Fig. 3.

The steel 5 is tapered to give it flexibility, and the end may be tapered to the length desired, and as will be seen in F lg. 2, thesteel is tapered gradually-from a point6 to its narrowest point 7 hen forming this ta-" per with circular grinding wheels, the feed of the steel through the wheels in forming the taper, is stopped at the point '7, therebyleaving the head 8 at the end ofthe steel, the sides thereof tapering outwardly because of the circular periphery of the grinding wheels. A sheathing 9 incloses the steel, and a metal tip 10 having its head formed circular inv shape, is clasped to the steel.

It will be readily seenlroin, 'lfig. dthat the side portions 11 of the tip 10 hold the tip from being dislodged troniposition because the tip once clasped in position, will be hard to pull over the end of the head 8.

I claim as my invention.

1. A corset stay having its-two opposite widestsides converging toward one end of the stay, and the taper formed by said converging-sides being reversed to a diverging taper at a point before reaching said end and a sheathing on the said end.

2., A corset stay comprising an elongated fiexibl'e body having two opposite sides converging from a point within the ends of the body toward one end thereof making the converging portion more flexible than the main body, and the said sides diverging from said more flexible portion toward said 1 end making a head at said end; in combination with a sheathing clasped to said head.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAY ELLIS CRANDALL.

Vl it-nesses: I

Josnrr: L. Ex reme, C. B. Convnn.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents Washington, D. G.

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